Private Needs, Public Selves: Talk about Religion in America, Volume 10Polls through the '90s show that many Americans believe the nation is in a period of spiritual decline, yet public religious display and discussion often is deemed politically incorrect. Philosopher John K. Roth feels that more outward sharing of religious beliefs, thoughts, and ideas would bridge the gap between our private needs and our public selves--and would give Americans of differing faiths a common identity. |
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... particular the multiple ways in which it is infused by religious expression , involvement in those symposia and seminars expanded my philosophical and religious horizons . Pioneered by Tony Sherrill , Jan Shipps , Jim Smurl , and others ...
... particular the multiple ways in which it is infused by religious expression , involvement in those symposia and seminars expanded my philosophical and religious horizons . Pioneered by Tony Sherrill , Jan Shipps , Jim Smurl , and others ...
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... uneasily . Those in the popular culture camp are likely to see the other side as " elitist . " Those who criticize and advocate particular roles for religion in American life are likely to see the popular xiv Preface.
... uneasily . Those in the popular culture camp are likely to see the other side as " elitist . " Those who criticize and advocate particular roles for religion in American life are likely to see the popular xiv Preface.
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... particular to each one of us , but even the features of experience that we regard as the most personal can- not be comprehended apart from their location in a context , a world , that is a social reality . Individuals cannot describe ...
... particular to each one of us , but even the features of experience that we regard as the most personal can- not be comprehended apart from their location in a context , a world , that is a social reality . Individuals cannot describe ...
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... particular groups or generations . As it calls attention to the particularity of birth and death and the relationships on which the filling of our specific personal needs depend , Stockinger also alludes to horizons of memory , meaning ...
... particular groups or generations . As it calls attention to the particularity of birth and death and the relationships on which the filling of our specific personal needs depend , Stockinger also alludes to horizons of memory , meaning ...
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Contents
Defining Talk about Religion | xxi |
Mapping America | 17 |
How Much? What Kind? American Needs for Religious Discourse | 42 |
Virtue and Religion | 66 |
American Beliefs Popular Opinions and Religious Inclinations | 88 |
Religion Matters | 119 |
Getting Along in America How Talk about Religion Can Help | 140 |
Things Unspoken Religion and Human Rights | 164 |
The Shadow of Birkenau How to Talk about Religion in Public | 193 |
Deepening Talk about Religion | 217 |
Select Bibliography | 241 |
Index | 249 |
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Page xv - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page xiv - The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficult}', and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.
Page xv - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.